Display-rack.



A. E. MILLER.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION TILED AUG.5, 1911.

1,063,822, Patented June 3, 1913.

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DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 5, 1911.

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ANDREW E. MILLER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 SOLOMON HIMMEL,

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DISPLAY-RACK.

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Application filed August 5. 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented.)illicit, 1913.

Serial No. 642,525.

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lie. it known that I, ANnnnw l Militant, a subject of the King of ttrea t1 1 lritain. residing at Baltimore city and State of trimy land, have invented new and useful improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is specititaition.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in display racks.

One at the objects at the invention is to provide improved means tor storing garments and the like in such manner that they may be readily displayed by a salesman to a prospective purchaser.

A further object is to provide an improved rocking support for the garments adapted to be moved 'torward to display the goods. said rocker being normally retained within a suitable case.

A further object is to provide means for automatitally returning the rocker to its normal position within the rase after the same has been witlulrawn to' display garments.

A further object is to provide in tans 'tor automatically moving the roclter Forward and for automatically locking; the same in its forward position.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings:----ligure '1. 's a sectional view of a display case provided with a rack embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a :tront view of a portion thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view illustrating a slight modification. Fig. l is a sectional view illustrating a second modification. l ies. 5. ti, 7 and 8 and f) are detail views illustrating the operating and locking devices tor the rockers.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates disj'ilay case of any suitable Form. the Form illustrated con'iprisingg two compartments it one above the other. llach crm'ipartment is provided with a door 12 separated trom the end walls 13 by spaces 14 tor-mine, shallow cl'iambers provided with depressed bottom walls 15. In each space 14; is located a rocker 16 provided with an upright [7, said urniehts being; connected by a rod 18. (hie ot. the rockers 16 in each compartment ll is provided with a wedge shaped piece 20 extended transversely thereof near the t'orward point of the rocker portion, and the other roch'cr in the same compartment is provided with a spring: 521 which presses upwardly against said rocker. tending to hold the uprights IT in a vertical position. livotally secured to the sliding door ol the case is a second wedge member 22. the swinging movement ot said member in one direction being limited by a pin 22 A latch i! is pivoted to the wall ot the case adjacent the spring 21. said latch being adapted to engage the top of tht adjacent rocker when the same is depressed. and thereby loci: the same in its torward position.

in operation the coat hangers 2:. or similar devices are suspended trom the rod in. \Vhrn it is desired to display the garments the sliding door is moved to one sid as il1- dicatcd in l ie. it. As the rear edge of said door reaches the limit ot its movement the pivoted member 22 engages the inclined surl ace o'i member .Zl. and by r ason ot the cam action, thus developed, the roclter is depressed. s\\ill;{il1; 1' the uprights l and rod 18 Forward out ot the case. fit. the same time the latch engages the contiguous oclter, locking the support in the Forward position. as indicated in the lower portion ot Fig. I, \Vhcn it is desired to return the support within the case the latch it maybe released manually. whereupon the spring 52] will act to return the support to its normal position. lt' desired the latch it may be automatically disengaged by providing a projection 2(3 upon one of the doors. (Ree l ies. S and 9.) in operation of this form at the device. the pivoted member 22 engages the incline 2t). and depresses the rocker in the manner herctotore described. The latch Flt then engages the rocker and holds the same in the depressed position. \Vhen the door is closed, the initial movement thereof brings projection "ill ot' member into entrae'ement with the upper end E'Z-t ot the la tch. disenr'a trine the latter from the rocker and permitting the latter to assume its normal i'msit'ion. in this connection it will be noted that while T have referred to the memher 20 being on one roclter and the spring 21 beneath the other rocker. l do not desire to limit myselt in this particnla as the spring may well be under the same rocker that carries said member .20. Likewise the latch .Z-t: may be placed adjacent either rocker, as shown in Figs. 9 and 8, respectively.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a slight modification of the supporting member and rockers, the same being designed solely for manual operation. Referring to said figure the rockers 16 are each provided with a spring 30 connecting the rear end of the rocker with the rear wall of the case. This spring serves to counterbalance the weight of the garments when the supporting member is moved to the positions shown in dotted lines, and also serves to return the supporting member to its normal position within the case when released by the salesman.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a further modification in which the supporting memher is shown as comprising uprights 1T pivoted to the case at 31 and connected by a rod 18. The forward and rearward positions of the supporting member are defined by stop pins or lugs In this form when in the rearward position, the weight of the garments retains the arms or uprights 17 against the rear stop pin or lug 32, and the same is true with the relation to the forward stop pins or lugs, when the arms 17 are swung forward. I

Having thus explained the nature of my invention, and described an operative manner of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all the forms of its use, what I claim is 1. A display rack comprising spaced apart rockers, a garment supporting rod carried by said rockers, a spring acting against the under face of one of said rockers, and an overhanging lock adapted to engage the upper surface of one of said rockers to hold the same against the tension of said spring.

2. A display rack comprising spaced apart supporting rockers having curved bottom faces upon which said rockers rest, uprights carried by said rockers and free at their upper ends, a supporting rod carried by said uprights, and means directly acting on said rockers for maintaining the uprights in a normally vertical position.

8. The combination with a case, of an uprightsupporting member, means for pivotally supporting the lower end of said member near the bottom of the case, and means acting on the lower end of said member for automatically returning the upper end thereof after the same has been moved to a forward position.

at. The combination with a case provided with a door, of a garment supporting member pivotally mounted 1n said case, means 1 for automatically moving said supporting member to a forward position when the door is opened, means for automatically locking said supporting member in its forward po: sition, and means for automatically returning said supporting member to a rearward position when released from said locking means.

5. The combination with a case provided with a door, of a garment supporting member mounted to swing within said case, and means for automatically moving said garment supporting member to a forward position within said case when the door is opened.

6. The combination with a case, of a garment supporting member, a rocking support therefor within said case, and locking means adapted to automatically engage said supportas the latter reaches its forward position.

7. The combination with a case, of a garment supporting member, a rocking support therefor within said case, means for swinging said garment supporting member to a forward position, and locking means adapted to automatically engage said support as the latter reaches its forward position.

8. The combination with a case, of a garment supporting member mounted to swing within the case, locking means adapted to automatically engage said member as the latter reaches its forward position, and means normally acting to return said member "to its rearward position.

9. The combination with a case, of a gar ment supporting member mounted to swing within the case, means for positively swinging said member to a forward position, means for automatically locking the same in the forward position, and means normally acting to return said member to its rearward position when released from said locking means.

10. The combination with a case provided with a door, of a garment supporting member mounted to swing within the case, means for automatically swinging said member to a forward position when the door is opened, means for locking said member in the forward position, and means for automatically releasing said member from said locking means when the door is closed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREWV E. MILLER. Witnesses MARY M. MAGRAW, DAVID M. NEWBOLD.

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